City Council Agenda
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Closed Session 5:30 PM
Regular Meeting 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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ANDREW CHOU
Council Member
STAN LIU
Council Member
RUTH M. LOW
Council Member
CHIA YU TENG
Mayor
STEVE TYE
Mayor Pro Tem
City Manager Dan Fox • City Attorney Omar Sandoval • City Clerk Kristina Santana
DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
Welcome to the meeting of the Diamond Bar City Council. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47. You are invited to attend and participate. Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to agenda items are on file and available for public inspection by contacting the Office of the City Clerk. If requested, the agenda will be made available in an alternative format to a person with disability as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have questions regarding an agenda item, please contact the City Clerk at (909) 839-7010 during regular business hours.
PUBLIC INPUT
Members of the public may address the Council on any item of business on the agenda during the time the item is taken up by the Council. In addition, members of the public may, during the Public Comment period address the Council on any Consent Calendar item or any matter not on the agenda and within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Any material to be submitted to the City Council at the meeting should be submitted through the City Clerk.
Speakers are limited to five minutes per agenda item, unless the Mayor determines otherwise. The Mayor may adjust this time limit depending on the number of people wishing to speak, the complexity of the matter, the length of the agenda, the hour and any other relevant consideration.
Speakers may address the Council only once on an agenda item, except during public hearings, when the applicant/appellant may be afforded a rebuttal.
Public comments must be directed to the City Council. A person who disrupts the orderly conduct of the meeting after being warned by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee that their behavior is disrupting the meeting, may result in the person being removed from the meeting.
INFORMATION RELATING TO AGENDAS AND ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Agendas for regular City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting and are posted in the City’s regular posting locations, on DBTV (on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47) and on the City’s website at www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas. The City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS
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Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection immediately upon distribution in the City Clerk’s Office at 21810 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, California, during normal business hours.
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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
January 21, 2025
CLOSED SESSION: 5:30 p.m., CC-8 Conference Room, In
Person ONLY – no teleconference.
Public Comments
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(d)(1):
American Federation of State, County
& Municipal Employees, District
Council 36 v. City of Diamond Bar
PERB Case No. LA-CE-1752-M
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Ab Kastl, Associate Pastor, Landmark
Church
ROLL CALL: Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye,
Mayor Teng
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
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1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 Proclamation Declaring January 29, 2025 as Lunar New Year.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
2.1 Windstorm Updates.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
“Public Comments” is the time reserved on each regular meeting agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Council on Consent Calendar items or other matters of interest not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Although the City Council values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, members of the City Council or Staff may briefly respond to public comments if necessary, but no extended discussion and no action on such matters may take place. There is a five-minute maximum time limit when addressing the City Council.
4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 Free Catalytic Converter Etching – January 22, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Calvary Chapel Golden Springs, 22324 Golden Springs Dr. (subject to cancellation).
4.2 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting – January 23, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.3 Special City Council Meeting – January 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.4 Planning Commission Meeting – January 28, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.5 Commission Recruitment Application Deadline – January 31, 2025.
4.6 Coffee with a Cop – February 1, 2025, Bageloo, 1200 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. Ste. 102 (subject to cancellation).
4.7 City Council Meeting – February 4, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and SCAQMD Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be acted on by a single motion unless a Council Member or JANUARY 21, 2025 PAGE 3
member of the public request otherwise, in which case, the item will be removed for separate consideration.
5.1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 17, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
5.1.a December 17, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the December 17, 2024 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED DECEMBER 10, 2024 THROUGH JANUARY 7, 2025 TOTALING $1,883,371.33.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Recommended Action:
Approve the December 2024 Treasurer’s Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE LOS ANGELES URBAN
COUNTY PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION ("PLHA")
PROGRAM.
Recommended Action:
A. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-01 approving the City's participation in Year 5 of the Los Angeles Urban County PLHA Program; and B. Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a project and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”).
Requested by: Community Development Department
5.5 CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DE NOVO PLANNING
GROUP TO PREPARE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
FOR A PROPOSED ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD LOCATED AT 880
SOUTH LEMON AVENUE.
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, the Consultant Services Agreement with De Novo Planning Group to prepare the necessary JANUARY 21, 2025 PAGE 4
environmental documents pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act in the not-to-exceed amount of $64,950.
Requested by: Community Development Department
5.6 CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SYTECH SOLUTIONS FOR DOCUMENT SCANNING SERVICES.
Recommended Action:
Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign Consulting Services Agreement with SyTech Solutions for document scanning services through June 30, 2028.
Requested by: City Manager
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
6.1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026.
Recommended Action:
A. Open the public hearing to receive public testimony; B. Close the public hearing; and
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-02 approving the Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
Requested by: Community Development Department
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 TRANSMITTAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 ANNUAL
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR).
Recommended Action:
Receive and File the Fiscal Year 2023/24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
Requested by: Finance Department
7.2 APPROVAL OF A REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER AGREEMENT AND
ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE DIAMOND BAR LITTLE LEAGUE
FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 22601 SUNSET CROSSING ROAD.
Recommended Action:
Approve Resolution No. 2025-03, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar approving a Real Property Transfer Agreement and Escrow Instructions with the Diamond Bar Little League for property JANUARY 21, 2025 PAGE 5
located at 22601 Sunset Crossing Road.
Requested by: City Manager
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: